Comment on Pebble Time 2 Design Reveal

• Sagan_Wept@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Whaaaat?! I’ve never had that issue and have a half dozen pebbles

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  • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If you never had issues, why do you have that many?

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    • Sagan_Wept@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I bought so many because I lived pebble, it’s features and price point. When it got bought I didn’t think we’d ever see another pebble, so I bought a bunch to last me hopefully the rest of my life. To the point of your question, the main issues I’ve faced since are battery over time and crashing. The only pebble 2 I bought failed in a year because the buttons got worn through, and water ruined it. Makes me wary of the newer upgraded pebble 2s

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  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It was a well known issue and happened to more than half of all pebbles. If you simply search “pebble screen tear” you’ll find whole forums and websites and different solutions to try and fix it.

    I’ve had 3 pebble originals, a pebble steel, and a pebble time. All had screen tearing after a few months.

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  • avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Me neither. I had 2.

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• vhstape@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I also experienced screen tearing on every Pebble unit I owned. If they fix this, I’ll absolutely buy a new one

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  • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They fixed the screen tearing over a decade ago, it was only present on the original and Pebble Steel because they used zebra strips for the display connection. And unless you had the very first kickstarter edition, which was glued shut and didn’t have screws, the fix for the screen tear was to put a piece of paper inside the case to add just a bit of thickness, it took less than 5 minutes.

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    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This is not true. The screen tearing issue was also there in the pebble time series. I had a pebble time with the colour display and it still teared.

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      • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Time uses a normal display connector, it doesn’t suffer from the pebble screen tear as it’s known.
        You can still damage the display, either by force or with moisture ingress, but it’s not at all the same type of an issue - zebra connectors require pressure to stay connected, and over time they lose their squishiness and the connection gets unreliable.

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  • MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The screen tearing was actually a hardware issue specific to the original Pebble and Steel models (with the zebra strip connectors). The Time series used different display technology that fixed this isssue completely. If the new model keeps the same display connection method as the Time, you should be good to go!

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